This is a GREAT tab for new players since it doesn't require intricate finger work or serious experience with various techniques, and still sounds great. Great for building confidence on the electric or acoustic by seeing how simple great sounding melodies really are.

Who doesn't want a room in the Hotel California? It's a great song with an incredible melody and a haunting story, but requires a fair amount of tricky fingerpicking to sound authentic.

This song was originally sung by Leonard Cohen, made famous by Jeff Buckley, and then covered by many others. The version I'm using here was used in the movie Shrek. Tab consists of Arpeggio fingerpicking.

This is the song (along with a few Guns 'n Roses Hits) that nearly every beginner to intermediate player tries to master at one stage or another, and it's for good reason. Consists of fairly straightforward strumming with interesting chord positions.

The tab for Californication consists primarily of the guitar inlay played throughout the verses and receives a high difficulty rating since it has some fast hammer & pull-off finger work.

Needs a heavy, crunchy distortion to sound authentic. Zombie has a nice power chord melody with an uncomplicated solo that should suit intermediate players.

Chances are, if you don't remember this band's name, you'll still recognise the melody. It's a one-stringed-thing, simple to replicate with straightforward power-chord choruses.

A selection of beginner guitar tabs aimed at the novice to intermediate player - difficulty rating is provided out of 10 -

If you do not know how to read Internet Guitar Tablature check out my simple and straight forward guide on the How to Read Tabs page. Other things that might help with some of the more complicated tabs below include an understanding of basic guitar techniques and the essential guitar scales.

PLEASE NOTE: In order to keep these beginner guitar tabs simple they (1) are many times not in the same key as the original song, and (2) sometimes exclude parts of the song like the bridge or solo which requires more advanced skill.